Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70
ततः सम्यक्समालोक्य ज्ञात्वा तां पर्वतात्मजाम् । विषकन्या स्तुतिं चक्रे प्रणिपत्य मुहुर्मुहुः
tataḥ samyaksamālokya jñātvā tāṃ parvatātmajām | viṣakanyā stutiṃ cakre praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ
അനന്തരം അവളെ സൂക്ഷ്മമായി നോക്കി അവൾ പർവതാത്മജയെന്ന് തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞ വിഷകന്യ, വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും സാഷ്ടാംഗ നമസ്കാരം ചെയ്ത് സ്തുതി ചെയ്തു।
Narrator (contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fearful yet repentant poison-maiden recognizes the Mountain’s Daughter (Pārvatī) and repeatedly bows at her feet, hands folded, eyes lowered, in a tīrtha setting.
FAQs
True recognition of the Divine naturally flowers into humility and praise—devotion is shown through repeated prostration.
The setting is Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 62); the verse highlights the devotional response within the tīrtha narrative.
Praṇipāta (prostration) is implied as a devotional act, though not framed as a formal ritual rule.